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Re: Kim Dotcom's new music streaming service

#11

Fuck Kim Dotcom. He's a scumbag piece of shit who deserves to rot in prison. He plots and schemes way to put hundreds of millions of dollars into his pocket off of the works of others. Anyone who supports him should be ashamed of themselves.

> He plots and schemes way to put hundreds of millions of dollars into his pocket off of the works of others. And the way the recording industry works is any different?

Not really a fan of the vitriol in the grandparent comment, but yes, the record industry is different in that some of the profits accrue to the artists. Maybe not enough, but that's different than giving them nothing at all.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new music streaming service

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are associated with the same group behind MEGA (Megaupload successor as Wikipedia states), and responsible for the upcoming music service BABOOM. From their recruitment document

Some more background: http://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-teases-new-music-service-...

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Re: Kim Dotcom's new music streaming service

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He plots and schemes way to put hundreds of millions of dollars into his pocket off of the works of others. And the way the recording industry works is any different?

Not really a fan of the vitriol in the grandparent comment, but yes, the record industry is different in that some of the profits accrue to the artists. Maybe not enough, but that's different than giving them nothing at all.

From what Courtney Love said, that's not really true. Well selling records can actually put the artist in debt. The best venue for artist to earn money are tours and merchandise.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new music streaming service

#16
Kim Dotcom is an evil genius and a remarkable marketing guy. During his whole career no doubts he made a fortune out of other people work BUT, still, he can't be considered responsible for it because - in fact - he had MILLIONS of users who actually used the pirated content megaupload made available (and i dare anyone here to throw the first stone if they never used megaupload). So, while i'm not yet sure i like the guy, i still consider the megaupload affair a huge mistake.

What is astonishing anyway is what he made out of the whole situation. No doubt most of the people out there would have been simply destroyed by events. Not only he wasn't, but he managed to launch two different businesses that still surely has a lot to show in the future.

Regarding this specific music project, i can only say that i agree with him. Paying for the music you like IS the new model , so far he looks like one of the few who understood it (together with Spotify, which is in fact doing the same).

PS: I really like the album he made available for free.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new music streaming service

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really a fan of the vitriol in the grandparent comment, but yes, the record industry is different in that some of the profits accrue to the artists. Maybe not enough, but that's different than giving them nothing at all.

From what Courtney Love said, that's not really true. Well selling records can actually put the artist in debt. The best venue for artist to earn money are tours and merchandise.

Steve Albini added figures to that : http://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=17 Pretty famous & old article but still informative.
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